Chad vs Ethiopia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 4 million TIV in Chad and 63 million TIV in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 59 million TIV, or 16 times that in Chad.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Chad.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Chad	Ethiopia	World
2025	4 million	63 million	33.3 billion
2024	10 million	48 million	30.6 billion
2023	32 million	2 million	29.5 billion
2022	6 million	45 million	33 billion
2021	47 million	16 million	26.8 billion
2020	4 million	25 million	23.4 billion
2019	1 million	76 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	6 million	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	2 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	58 million	33 million	27 billion
2013	59 million	154 million	27.4 billion
2012	4 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	1 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	43 million	58 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	–	24 billion
2008	83 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	30 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	18 million	–	24.4 billion
2005	–	–	21.3 billion
2004	–	239 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	174 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	20 million	17.7 billion
2001	16 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	–	114 million	20.5 billion
1999	7 million	152 million	25.3 billion
1998	7 million	208 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	69 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	–	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	3 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	80 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	2 million	28.6 billion
1989	56 million	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	9 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1987	28 million	239 million	36.2 billion
1986	29 million	348 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	268 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	228 million	36.8 billion
1983	37 million	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	–	516 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	328 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	330 million	37.4 billion
1979	–	113 million	33.3 billion
1978	–	965 million	39.2 billion
1977	3 million	1.13 billion	37 billion
1976	8 million	113 million	33 billion
1975	10 million	58 million	34.2 billion
1974	13 million	36 million	32.9 billion
1973	3 million	5 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	53 million	28.7 billion
1971	4 million	54 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	90 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	24 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	34 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	31 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	99 million	22.4 billion
1965	0	14 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	27 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	21 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	4 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	24 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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